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The French seaside town of Biarritz has become the first in the world to prescribe surfing lessons to ward off a host of ailments from depression to heart disease, with doctors and patients insisting the treatment works wonders.

Black sands with mica shimmer in the mid-afternoon sun on Keramas Beach in Gianyar. While others run for the shade; another woman, Suharti has had friends bury her in hot volcanic sands that are as black and dense as mud.